ph: Alessio Bolzoni
Saturday, June 18, 2016
New Stuff: Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is the fourth studio album by American neo soul singer Erykah Badu after a hiatus from recording music due to writer's block.
New Stuff: Anna von Hausswolff
Anna von Hausswolff will be playing support on this year's Swans tour.
New Stuff: John Cage & Morton Feldman
Between 1966 and 1967, John Cage and Morton Feldman recorded over six hours of conversation at WBAI in New York City and broadcast them as “Radio Happenings.”
Friday, June 17, 2016
First Lines: Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married.
New Stuff: John Tavener
Overview of John Tavener's work includes a composition composed for and performed by Björk.
Looking for Eric (2009)
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Likable and heartwarming social comedy with a lively ensemble.
Maltin***: "Likable, and lighter than most Loach fodder, but not without his usual bleak stamp."
Thursday, June 16, 2016
First Lines: Joe Jackson - A Cure For Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage
I'm sitting in a Transit van in Basingstoke, a battered once-blue Transit van full of drums and amplifiers, in a dirty white concrete car park under a dirty white sky, and I'm thinking: What am I doing here?